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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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 Posted - 09/08/2007 : 21:06:49
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So my wife and I get about 4 calls a day about mortgages, car warranties, and "surveys". They all come around dinner time or about when the kids are about to fall asleep. I hate those bastards. I want revenge!
Usually it's obvious that it's junk (the pause after you pick the phone and say hi, the Indian accent on the other end, addressing me as Mr. X when X is my wife's last name, not mine) and I can hang up, but meanwhile I've dropped whatever I'm doing to pick up the phone. And if I let the machine pick up, I have to listen to Joe Fuckwad "return" my phone call about a mortgage. Any ideas of how to extract a little pain or waste from those fuckers? I've taken to saying I'll get my wife or whoever they ask for and then let them hang on the line (record so far is 4 min 50 sec). I've heard of people giving a sad story about the person they've asked for being dead or missing, but I don't think I can pull of the act and frankly I think even in India they've heard of that old trick. So, any other ideas? |
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Llamadance
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/09/2007 : 00:49:22
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play them a recorded message from the Jehova's Witnesses
No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God George Bush snr |
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1594 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2007 : 02:19:16
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This will get rid of most of them, except for the ones that pause for a long time, they are ignoring the disconnect signal.
My solution is to tell them that they have the wrong number, or that this is the Zx residence.
Remember that if it is a half-way legitimate company that the telemarketer is probably a minimum wage university student and that if you can spend the time, or leave the phone dangling, then they get paid and no one else is called.
As for email, it is my intention one day to have my own domain with unlimited email addresses so that I can have a separate account for each contact and can track which companies would sell my privacy. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/09/2007 : 04:24:39
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Yeah leaving them hanging is a good one, though it does mean you are engaged for a while. You could play some really offensive music quite loudly down the receiver.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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Posted - 09/09/2007 : 04:48:24
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The U.S. government created a do-not-call registry a couple years ago: https://www.donotcall.gov/register/Reg.aspx. Say what you will about the gummint, but this seems to be an effective tool to prevent unwanted phone calls.
Also, we cancelled our land line four years ago, and now have only mobile phones. I've gotten exactly two spam calls in the last four years (they were both in Spanish, for whatever reason), which is a lot better than the tons we were getting with our land line.
 Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 09/09/2007 : 06:34:59
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addressing me as Mr. X when X is my wife's last name, not mine
Hey, if my last name were X, I wouldn't want to change it when I got married either.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2007 : 11:37:51
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| Good plan KOK, but pushing 911 conspiracy information to someone in southern Asia might cause the CIA/FBI/NSA to more often tap my calls. |
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/09/2007 : 15:48:10
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Apparently if you're abusive to these callers they blacklist your number and don't call.
Me, I usually just hang up on them after a couple of seconds of them offering me double glazing. Although it's not really double glazing these days, is it?
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
1013 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2007 : 23:05:56
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If you can pick up the line quick, many times you can hear all the background noise coming from the worksite. At that point I'll just hang up quietly when the spiel begins, or hang on and let them run out of breath before hanging up anyway. Ones that interrupt my breakfast routine get especially rough treatment....
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Supersumomegafrankfan
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USA
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Posted - 09/12/2007 : 15:09:23
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I have taken the phone into the bathroom with me before, and made sure to make as audible and disgusting farting/pooping noises as I can muster while grunting and carrying on a conversation with them. Usually they say, "we'll call you back," and that's the last I hear of them.
Into the dust we struggled...and yet we couldn't make coffee |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2007 : 04:48:39
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Not soo good if they are trying to sell you toilet roll/paper though.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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What to do to spam phonecalls?
